Self-adhesive cigar-patch and method of making same.



passed between the said cylinders or rollers andare thereby flattened ont and rendered comparatively-smooth or even, while at the same time all excessive moisture is Wrung or pressed out of them. Before the leaf is permitted to dry and thereby become wrinkled again I apply to one side of the leaf by means of a brush or cloth an adhesive substance, preferablya solution of gum-tragacanth and water, after which application the leaf is cut between the veins into square or other shaped pieces, Which are allowedto dry, when they are then packed in small tin or other boxes ready for the market. The application of the gum or adhesive coating acts to strengthen, toughen, or render tenacious the tobacco-leaf, thus permitting it to be handled readily when dry, While at the same time the fabric is maintained in the comparatively smooth and even condition desired forfuture use. In addition to this, the gum when dry is capable of being readily moistened and dissolved by the-tongue or by a little water, and thus the fabric is rendered self-adhesive when applied te the cigar.

While I have found in practice that the solution described may be employed both to inv crease the cohesivdstrength of the fabric and also as a suitable and most desirable adhesive agentto enable the instantaneous application of a patch to the broken cigar, I desire it to be undersigned that i so far the main feature of my invention is concerned the stiff ening or strengthening quality imparted to the fabric may bc eifected by a different ingredient from that which is employed to render the fabric self-adhesive. In other Words,

the tobacco may undergo two distinct operations, one to strengthen or toughen it and the other to render it self-adhesivc, and in carrying on the first-named operation a substance or ingredient may be employed which would not also render the fabric self-adhesive, and I would also have it understood that whileI use in practice and have found the solution described the most satisfactory one for the.

purpose of rendering the tobacco self-adhesive I do not wish to be limited to the employment thereof to the exclusion of othcrsuitable solutions or adhesiv agents. p f

By reason of the strengthening or toughening process the finished product may be readilyhandled, no matter how old it is or dry it may became.V The consumer or user may with a knife or pair of scissors cut from the square or piece a section or patch of the proper size to cover the break or t'eag'jn the cigar-wrapper, and then by wetting the same he may cause the patch toadh'ere to the cigar over the opening, and thus in a momcnts time repair the damage and place the cigar in perfectcondition forsmoking. Since these patches are made of tobacco and of a goed which might otherwise ensue. These patches are comparatively of triliing cost and by their usesmokers may be saved considerable loss on account of imperfectly-made cigars or cigars which may have become broken by dropping them or by carrying them around in the pocket. t

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. As anew article of manufacture, dry, self-adhesive tobacco patches for repairing cigars; substantially as set forth.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a dry, self-adhesive patch made of leaf-tobacco and having on one side astrengthening or toughening coating; substantially as set forth.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a dry, smooth, tobacco leaf or piece having a thereto; substantially as set forth.

4. As a new article of manufacture, 'dry and smooth tobacco leaves or pieces having applied on one side thereof a strengthening and adhesive coating orsubstance; substantially as set forth.

5. The herein-described process of strengthening or toughening tobaccu-leaves, which consists first in wetting the leaves, next in pressing the superfluous moisture therefrom and in smoothing out the leaves, and in then applyinga strengthening-or stilfening ingredient to the leaves to prevent them fromreshriveling or rewrinkling and to Venable them to be readily handled when dry; substantially as set forth..

6. The herein-described process ol treating tobacco-leaves which consists first in wetting the leaves, next in pressing the superfluous moisture therefrom and in smoothing out the leaves, and in then applying a gum to the leaves on one sida-whereby theleaves when permitted to dry are strengthened or toughcned and untintainedV in their fiat, smooth conditien and are at'thesame-Lmarendcred self-adhesive; substantially as set forth. y

Signed at New York city, inthe county of N ew York and State of New York, this 15th dayof February, A. D. 1897.

Y ALFRED SAMUEL.

Witnesses:

K. V. DONOVAN, .lAcon Fnnnnr..

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